Legal Opinion

Norton Company, Appellant-Cross v. Carborundum Company, Appellee-Cross

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided February 23, 1976No. 75-1309, 75-1310PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

This is a patent infringement action brought by Norton Company (“Norton”), appellant and cross-appellee, against Carborundum Company (“Carborundum”), appellee and cross-appellant. 1 Both parties are large manufacturers of industrial abrasives, and this litigation involves several of their product lines. At issue is patent No. 3,181,939 (“the ’939 patent”), 2 which deals with fused alumina/high-zirconia abrasives. 3

The applicant indicated in the original patent application that the following was one of the objects of the invention for which the ’939 patent was sought:…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Precision Instrument Manufacturing Co. v. Automotive Maintenance MacHinery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food MacHinery & Chemical Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdorySupreme Court of the United States · 1945

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. K-Mart Corporation v. Oriental Plaza, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  2. Ronald Borden v. The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, Ronald Borden v. The Paul Revere Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
  3. Cvd, Incorporated v. Raytheon Company, and Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
  4. Codex Corporation v. Milgo Electronic Corporation, Codex Corporation v. Milgo Electronic CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
  5. American Seating Company, Cross-Appellee v. National Seating Company, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978

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